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Pregnancy-Related Workplace Accommodations for Vermont Employees

03/30/2018

Learn more about #working while you’re #pregnant in #Vermont. Here’s what you need to know about asking for what you need stay healthy on the job.

Vermont Commission on Women in partnership with Vermont Department of Health, Vermont Attorney General-Civil Rights Unit, and the Vermont Human Rights Commission created this video to help you understand your rights as a pregnant worker.

Vermont employers are now required to provide reasonable accommodations for an employee’s pregnancy-related condition, unless it would impose an undue hardship on the employer. This law closed a gap in state and federal employment law to ensure workers experiencing healthy, uncomplicated pregnancies are entitled to reasonable accommodations under the law when required.